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Election and Romance Round-Ups

This month, we're rounding up a selection of upcoming elections as well as all the latest romance news! Come get your fix!
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Reading
NSFW by Isabel Kaplan
Watching
Jury Duty
Blackberry
Listening 
The Walkmen (on tour now!)
One Wayne G by Mac DeMarco
 
 

Would You Rather: Politics and Pop Culture Edition

For the first time in almost a year, we're recording together in person...so a very special game of Would You Rather is in order!
 
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Reading 
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer 
I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makai
Really Good, Actually by Monica Heisey
All This Could Be Different by Sarah Thankam Mathews
Paris: The Memoir by Paris Hilton 
Watching 
The Grizzlie Truth
Succession 
Listening
 Hyperromantic by Pulp Fever
Young Hearts by Benny Sing
Would You Rather 
Vox Article: https://www.vox.com/policy/2023/3/12/23631282/child-labor-laws-huckabee-sanders-republicans 

Book Banning and the Big Red Boots

Let's recap the shortest month of the year through the lens of politics and pop culture! This month we're chatting book banning, those viral shoes, and all the things we read, watched, and listened to!
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Reading
Ancestor Trouble: A Reckoning and a Reconciliation by Maud Newton
The Secret History by Donna Dartt
Watching 
Fixer Upper
One Fine Morning
Listening 
Sentimental Garbage Gilmore Girls mini-series
Paper Towns soundtrack
Five Easy Hot Dogs by Mac DeMarco
Politics
History of Book Banning
https://guides.library.harvard.edu/c.php?g=1269000&p=9306840
https://readingpartners.org/blog/history-banned-books-week/
https://theconversation.com/book-bans-reflect-outdated-beliefs-about-how-children-read-189938
https://www.freedomtoread.ca/resources/bannings-and-burnings-in-history/
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/articles/banned-books-resources/
Book Banning in Florida
https://pen.org/these-4-florida-bills-censor-classroom-subjects-and-ideas/ 
https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/judge-blocks-floridas-stop-woke-censorship-bill-taking-effect-higher-education
https://www.theledger.com/story/news/education/2022/02/06/how-does-florida-law-live-u-s-supreme-court-precedent/6656991001/
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/desantis-florida-book-bans/
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/feb/09/ron-desantis-florida-education-censorship
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/ron-desantis-florida-teacher-books-b2285705.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrS-46e59V4
Pop Culture 
https://www.nbcsandiego.com/entertainment/the-scene/these-big-red-boots-have-stomped-onto-the-internet-and-theyre-probably-here-to-stay/3170255/
https://www.highsnobiety.com/p/mschf-big-red-boot/
https://www.thecut.com/2023/02/what-to-know-about-the-viral-big-red-boots-by-mschf.html
https://harpersbazaar.com.au/clowncore-fashion-trend/
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/stephaniemcneal/vanilla-girl-aesthetic-tiktok
https://www.tiktok.com/@stevenatto24/video/7199092653336710446
https://www.instagram.com/officialmacrose/reels/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07sqbmy#:~:text=In%20this%20essay%2C%20American%20essayist,full%20of%20expensive%20athleisure%20wear
 

Jacinda Ardern and Amelia & Andrew 5eva

Welcome to 2023! We're kicking the year off with a Jacinda Arden as PM retrospective and a breakdown of *that* Andrew Garfield x Amelia Dimoldenberg red carpet interview. Enjoy!
 
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Reading
The No Show by Beth O’Leary
A Court of Thorns and Roses series by Sarah J. Maas
Heartburn by Nora Ephron
Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li 
Watching
That 90s Show
Catherine Called Birdy
The Royal Tenenbaums 
Ginny and Georgia Season 2 
Listening 
Flowers by Miley Cyrus
The Twilight Effect podcast
Live at Electric Lady - Remi Wolf
Politics
https://www.vogue.com/article/jacinda-ardern-new-zealand-prime-minister-vogue-march-2018-issue
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-22/jacinda-ardern-slur-about-rival-politician-auctioned/101803072
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/people/jacinda-ardern
https://apnews.com/article/politics-jacinda-ardern-new-zealand-c3129930cdea2161330ed31ce44c69d3
https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/24/australia/jacinda-ardern-chris-hipkins-new-zealand-intl-hnk/index.html
Pop Culture 
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/jan/21/english-flirting-amelia-dimoldenberg-v-andrew-garfield-is-real-magic
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/on-yn-reader-insert-fanfiction-and-writing-yourself-into-the-story-stitch-fan-service 

DTCBS 2022 Party

It's time for our favorite episode of the year! For our third annual DTCBS Awards show, we're celebrating the books, movies, TV shows, podcasts, albums, and politics and pop culture stories that defined 2022.
 
Reading 
Every Summer After by Carley Fortune
Book Lovers by Emily Henry
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Dubois by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
Watching (Movies)
Top Gun: Maverick
Everything Everywhere All at Once
I Want You Back
The Fabelmans
Aftersun
Armageddon Time
Watching (TV)
White Lotus (Season 2)
The Rehearsal
The Sex Lives of College Girls
Better Call Saul (Season 6)
Listening (Podcasts)
The Big Hit Show (Twilight season)
Unreal: A Critical History of Reality TV
Crimes of the Centuries
Normal Gossip
Free Period
Articles of Interest (American Ivy season)
Listening (Albums)
Harry's House by Harry Styles
CHARLIE by Charlie Puth
Midnights by Taylor Swift
SOS by SZA
Empty Seat by TOPS
Politics
British Politics Breakdown
Iranian Protests
Russian Invasion of Ukraine
Pop Culture
Harry Styles/Olivia Wilde/Jason Sudeikis
Lea Michele
Corn Kid

The Politics of Twitter and BTS Gets Conscripted

We're recapping objectively the best month of the year: October! Tune in to hear us talk about the books we read, shows we watched, and albums we listened to as well Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter and boyband BTS' enlistment in the South Korean army.
Follow us on Instagram as @yazminelomax, @majkahahn, and @dtbspodcast!
 
Reading
The Long Road Home: Blackness and Belonging by Debra Thomspon 
Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid 
Watching
The Sex Lives of College Girls on HBO
Bluey on Disney+
Listening
The Loneliest Time -  Carly Rae Jepsen 
Midnights - Taylor Swift 
Politics 
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/27/technology/elon-musk-twitter-deal-complete.html
https://www.reuters.com/technology/elon-musk-says-he-will-be-twitter-ceo-2022-10-31/
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/hashtag-activism-hashtag10-twitter-trends-dresslik/
https://scholars.org/sites/scholars/files/ssn-basic-facts-buente-on-activism-and-twitter.pdf
https://abcnews.go.com/Business/twitter-turns-15-back-platform-changed-lives/story?id=75804702
https://www.businessinsider.com/social-media-activism-facebook-twitter-youtube-power-2019-12
https://metoomvmt.org/
https://forge.medium.com/how-to-use-twitter-to-engage-in-a-movement-b42272cf99e5
https://time.com/6172234/twitter-social-movement-organizers-elon-musk/ 
Pop Culture 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BTS
https://time.com/5912998/bts-army/
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/17/world/asia/bts-military-south-korea-enlist.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoo_Seung-jun
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/korean-pop-group-bts-members-will-perform-mandatory-military-service-in-south-korea
https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/btss-conscription-case-for-exempting-south-korean-band-from-military-service-8218707/
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ikrd/bts-hiatus-mandatory-military-service
https://impakter.com/south-korean-economy-braces-for-loss-as-boy-band-bts-pauses-music-for-military/#:~:text=South%20Korea%20stands%20to%20lose,to%20the%20South%20Korean%20economy.%E2%80%9D
https://www.insider.com/trevor-noah-bts-enlisting-south-korea-army-unstoppable-2022-10
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/bts-perform-mandatory-military-service-south-korea-1234613240/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Ali#Draft_resistance

The Far Right in Europe and Baby, Baby, Baby

September has ended so it's time to wake up (geddit?) and listen to our recap episode! Majka is covering European politics and Yaz is talking about the Queen's death, celebrity cheating scandals, and the return of The Kardashians...all through a baby-focused lens. And if that isn't enough, you can join us on Instagram as @dtcbspodcast or individually as @yazminelomax and @majkahahn!
 
Reading 
House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland
A Bright Ray of Darkness by Ethan Hawke
Pizza Girl by ​​Jean Kyoung Frazier
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
Watching 
Fire of Love
Don’t Worry Darling
Blonde
After Forever Happy
The Great British Bake Off / Baking Show 
Listening 
Twenty Whatever podcast
Yaz’s Fall Vibes playlist 
Politics 
Sweden 
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/once-far-right-pariah-sweden-democrats-eye-kingmaker-role-2022-09-07/
https://www.dw.com/en/swedish-election-the-astonishing-rise-of-the-right-wing-sweden-democrats/a-63100694 
Italy
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2022/09/giorgia-meloni-italy-election-fascism-mussolini/671515/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/26/far-right-leaders-in-europe-celebrate-expected-brothers-of-italy-election-win 
General
https://www.vox.com/world/2022/9/24/23366464/italy-elections-meloni-sweden-europe-far-right 
https://www.politico.eu/article/understanding-europes-shift-to-the-right/ 
https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/24/europe/italy-meloni-populism-intl-cmd/index.html 
Pop Culture 
Trisha Paytas
https://hollywoodmask.com/p/trisha-paytas-moses-hacmon-baby.html
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/queen-elizabeth-reincarnated-as-trisha-paytas-baby
Edit: "Malibu" itself isn't a Native American word. The city is named for the Ventureño Chumas settlement "Humaliwo".
Adam Levine
https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/pictures/adam-levines-cheating-scandal-and-drama-everything-to-know/
https://nameberry.com/babyname/sumner/girl
https://www.npr.org/2022/09/28/1125519915/the-try-guys-ned-fulmer
The Kardashians 
https://www.capitalfm.com/news/kylie-jenner-son-second-baby-boy-name/
https://www.lifeandstylemag.com/posts/what-did-khloe-kardashian-name-baby-no-2-see-clues
Baldwin baby
https://www.today.com/parents/babies/hilaria-baldwin-baby-name-rcna49837

Dancing Politicians and The Age of Outrage

Happy September, folks! The end of August got a little crazy but we MADE IT and now we're ready to discuss Sanna Marin's dancing, Linda Evangelista's British Vogue cover, and much, much more!
 
Reading 
Throne of Glass series by Sarah J Maas
How the Word is Passed by Clint Smith 
Watching 
Charade
Breaking Away
The Rehearsal on HBO
Listening 
Normal Gossip 
Room on Fire by The Strokes (vinyl re-release from Vinyl Me Please)
Politics 
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-08-30/dancing-finnish-premier-s-stardom-causes-headaches-at-home
https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/29/politics/hillary-clinton-tweet-picture-dancing-sanna-marin-prime-minister/index.html
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/19/world-leaders-dancefloor-videos-sanna-marin
https://www.harpersbazaar.com/uk/culture/culture-news/a40975626/sanna-marin-finnish-pm-party-video-opinion/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/sanna-marin-video-canadian-women-politicians-reaction-1.6559714
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/aoc-video-finnish-sanna-marin-b2156179.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/30/style/sanna-marin-partying-finland.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/08/23/sanna-marin-women-dancing-solidarity/ 
Pop Culture 
Note: Shia LaBeouf exited Don't Worry Darling in August 2020. He was sued by FKA Twigs for sexual battery, assault, and infliction of emotional distress in December 2020. 
Also, the author of the Guardian article mentioned is a neuroscientist rather than a psychologist. The more ya know!
https://www.vogue.co.uk/fashion/article/linda-evangelista-british-vogue-interview
https://people.com/style/linda-evangelista-shares-first-photos-of-her-body-since-fat-freezing-nightmare-people-exclusive/
https://www.ibtimes.com/twitter-reacts-linda-evangelista-being-brutally-disfigured-after-coolsculpting-3303087
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/22/style/linda-evangelista-vogue.html
http://www.slate.com/articles/life/culturebox/2014/12/the_year_of_outrage_2014_everything_you_were_angry_about_on_social_media.html
https://www.npr.org/2019/10/09/768489375/how-outrage-is-hijacking-our-culture-and-our-minds
https://www.theguardian.com/science/brain-flapping/2015/apr/29/outrage-public-widespread-anger-is-so-common-psychology

The Doctrine of Discovery and Vegas Weddings

July was a big one: the Pope visited Canada, Bennifer got married, and we're here to recap it all!
 
Keep up with us before our next episode on Instagram as @dtcbspodcast, @majkahahn, and @yazminelomax.
 
Reading 
Every Summer After by Carley Fortune
A Map to the Door of No Return by Dionne Brand 
Watching 
Nope
Leave Her to Heaven 
Listening 
Unreal: A Critical History of Reality TV
Politics 
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-the-tuesday-edition-1.6532503/pope-faces-calls-to-renounce-the-doctrine-of-discovery-at-the-heart-of-colonialism-1.6532787
https://vimeo.com/704670907 
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/the-pope-s-apology-was-a-start-now-the-real-work-begins-some-catholics-and-indigenous-leaders-say-1.6531879 
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/edmonton-pope-alberta-apology-1.6530947
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/steven-newcomb-doctrine-of-discovery-1.6533637 
https://www.afn.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/18-01-22-Dismantling-the-Doctrine-of-Discovery-EN.pdf
https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/indigenous-title-and-the-doctrine-of-discovery 
Pop Culture 
How Las Vegas Became the World's Quickie Wedding Capital
Celebrity Couples Who Got Married in Vegas
The decline of Vegas weddings in The Cut and The LA Times
Wedding cost
"What's classy if you're rich but trashy if you're poor" Reddit thread
The wedding industrial complex

Ben and Jerry’s in Israel and Celebrity Product Lines

As Bon Jovi once said, we're halfway there! "There" being the year 2022, which makes this our June episode.
This month has been a tough one for a lot of people so we hope this episode offers some reprieve while still being educational. We also encourage you to join us in donating to abortion funds in the United States, which you can find right here: https://abortionfunds.org/funds/
 
Follow us on Instagram as @dtbspodcast, @yazminelomax, and @majkahahn.
 
Reading
The Switch by Beth O’Leary 
Paying the Land by Joe Sacco 
Throne of Glass series by Sarah J Maas
Watching 
Top Gun: Maverick (go see it in theaters please!) 
RRR
The Other Two on HBO
Listening 
Harry’s House by Harry Styles 
Politics 
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-61985652
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-18167345
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/30/ben-jerrys-criticises-deal-that-will-resume-sales-in-occupied-territories
https://hbr.org/2021/01/why-ben-jerrys-speaks-out
https://www.benjerry.com/about-us#3timeline 
https://jewishcurrents.org/ben-jerrys-tests-anti-bds-laws 
The Israeli Palestinian Conflict in the US (not by my friends, but still smart) 
https://jewishcurrents.org/trumps-disloyalty-comments-are-what-the-jewish-right-believes 
https://jewishcurrents.org/ritchie-torres-is-the-future-of-pro-israel-politics 
Pop Culture 
Celebrity clothing lines: https://fashionista.com/2017/08/celebrity-clothing-lines-history
Incense and Orris Substack piece on celebrity perfume: https://miccaeli.substack.com/p/a-cultural-autopsy-of-the-celebrity
LA Times about celebrity tequila: https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-08-17/celebrity-tequila-history-from-michael-jordan-to-the-rock
Rise of beauty brands: https://www.highsnobiety.com/p/celebrity-beauty-brands/
More on beauty brands: https://www.allure.com/story/inside-celebrity-beauty-brands 
Hailey Bieber's line: ​​https://www.elle.com/uk/beauty/skin/a35403674/hailey-bieber-skincare-line-rhode/
Hailey Bieber sued: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/leylamohammed/hailey-bieber-sued-minority-business-skincare-line-rhode